Early bike for sale

Submitted by John on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 17:30

I was asked to post the following photos of a bike currently being offered for sale. It is located near North Gower east of Ottawa and has a wooden handle bar, wooden handle grips and wooden rims. The seat says = C.C. & M. Hercules 19 Canada Cycle & Motor. If you're interested in the bike, pop me an email and I'll hook you up with the owner. Pick up only.  john.mckenty@sympatico.ca

 

 

 

 

 

8 Comments

Submitted by Wayne.Gillies on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 20:43.

Thanks for the contact info John.  The bike is coming back to NS with me tomorrow.  The saddle is the only thing that is CCM, the rest of it appears to be British...has a Perry hub.  As for the rest..no headbadge, so a little research is required

Submitted by John on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 21:16.

Glad it worked out Wayne. Nice to see someone on here pick it up. There were a few who were interested.

Submitted by John on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 21:38.

Anybody on here pick up the Red Bird or E. & D. bike at the auction in Bobcageon this past Monday?

Submitted by John on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 22:24.

moved

Submitted by roadworthy on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 18:31.

I was at that auction and promply got turfed to the sidelines with a $2,500.  My friend took it from there on its way to $5,100. on choice. When the dust settled, the other bidder took both.  Final bill was north of $11,500 (tax in).  Seems to me this is a Canadian record for a vintage bicycle??  I learned that these two bicycles had deep historical significance to the area and was a driving force in keeping it that way.  The Red Bird was owned by the local Librarian and the E&D by the Postman of the time.  The Red Bird, which was in fact, a hyper rare Goold made shaft drive (stated that it was made in 1895)  and the Evans and Dodge (E&D)  stated it was made in 1903, which is not possible given that E&D were one of the founding companys in the formation of CCM in 1899.  Both bicycles went to a private museum.

Submitted by John on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 21:21.

Thanks so much for the report.

As you say, that may indeed be a Canadian record. 

No question that a shaft-driven Red Bird made by the Goold Co. is a rare, rare item. The E & D perhaps less so. I saw a nicely restored original recently for $1,200. Actually an E & D made in 1903 is a distinct possibility since it was November of that year before CCM took over National Cycle & Automobile Co., the firm that was producing the E & D.

When you say "private museum," do you mean that the bikes may someday be on display somewhere or that they are simply now part of a collector's private collection?

Submitted by John on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 06:29.

Here is a photograph of the bikes at Monday's auction submitted by Forum member Ken Martin. Given the local significance of the bicycles, it's probably quite appropriate they ended up here -  www.horselesscarriage.net

 

Submitted by Dave Brown on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 17:10.

 Does any one have more pictures of the bikes that sold last week at auction Brantford and E&D.. I don't think Goold made a chainless in 1895. Also fork is not Brantford or handle bar stem. i would like to see a picture of drive shaft parts.

Dave